Marc Siegel Biography
Marc Siegel is an American Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and a practicing doctor. He is a doctor, a professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, an author, and a Fox News commentator.
How old is Marc Siegel? – Age
He is 65 years old as of 15 June 2021.He was born in 1956 in New York.
Where did Dr Marc Siegel go to Medical School – Education
He studied at East Meadow High School. He attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1974 to 1978 after graduating from high school. In 1985, he graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a Doctor of Medicine degree. In 1988, he finished his Internal Medicine residency at New York University Medical Center.
Marc Siegel Wife
He is married to Ludmilla Luda Siegel, a physician and neurologist. They are the parents of three children. Siegel, who is Jewish, cites Maimonides’ Oath as a source of medical ethics inspiration.
Dr Marc Siegel Infectious Disease
In his publications and appearances, Siegel chastised public health officials and the media for what he saw as overreactions to, or an excessive focus on, infectious disease outbreaks like swine flu, SARS, and avian influenza, arguing that resources should be devoted toward other health risks. False Alarm: The Truth About the Fear Epidemic, published in 2005, Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic, published in 2006, and Swine Flu: The New Pandemic, published in 2009. In a September 2005 appearance on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, Siegel promoted his book False Alarm.
During the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak, Siegel was a proponent of giving Tamiflu to children at summer camps “where there have been large, confirmed outbreaks”; he respectfully disagreed with the CDC’s guidance to limit Tamiflu use in camps to conserve limited stockpiles and prevent the emergence of drug-resistant influenza strains.
Dr Marc Siegel Affordable Care Act
President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a health-care reform bill, was attacked by Siegel. In 2017, Siegel published an op-ed in the New York Times criticizing the Affordable Care Act and its essential health benefits provision while applauding Republican proposals to abolish the law. During the repeal debate, Siegel backed Republican legislation that would limit “basic services” and instead create subsidized “high-risk pools” for uninsured individuals with pre-existing diseases, albeit he opposed “dramatic Medicaid cuts.”
Dr Marc Siegel COVID-19
Siegel promoted medical advice that was contrary to CDC standards during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been commended by Siegel. Siegel spoke with Trump on Fox News in July 2020 about the results of his cognitive evaluation. During the interview, Trump used the term “person, lady, man, camera, TV” to describe the contents; his comment went viral and was extensively mocked.
How much is Dr Marc Siegel worth?
Siegel has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.